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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Tuesday said it was gearing up to support the holding of highly anticipated presidential elections in its member states -- Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The rise in road fatalities over past Easter holidays has once again prompted massive warnings for motorists to drive with caution this long weekend.
Last year, 235 people died on South African roads over this busy weekend in a 51% increase over the previous year’s figure of 156.

Robert Mugabe’s allies claimed this week that he was being persecuted and they appealed to former South African president Thabo Mbeki, former UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan, and other African leaders to help protect him.

A group of 11 hikers had a narrow escape after being held at gunpoint and robbed of their belongings near Duiker Island, just off the coast of Hout Bay.
They were robbed by three armed assailants. Sunday's incident once again brought the safety of hikers under the spotlight.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will be subjected to another inquiry to answer on matters related to the controversial Gupta family’s naturalisation after Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs resolved to hold a full inquiry.

WhatsApp is giving users 2 new features, the ability to add a description to group chats and allows users to switch between the voice and video call feature, according to reports.
WhatsApp rolled out the group description feature for the beta version of Android last month.

African Union (AU) chairperson Paul Kagame on Tuesday gave a strong indication yet that member states will sign the treaty to create the continental free trade area even if the continent's most-populated country, Nigeria, withdraws from the meeting.

Locals are urged to brace for heavy downpour across various parts of the province for the remainder of Thursday and Friday. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS) rain is expected to fall in KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West, Gauteng and the highveld areas of Mpumalanga.

Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the adoption by the African Union of an agreement of free trade on the continent as "a new beginning for the continent that will catapult African countries and companies to much higher levels of growth".

The SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has encouraged South Africans to rededicate themselves to eradicate the legacy of colonialism and restore the dignity of those who were denied human rights during apartheid.

Groundbreaking medical technology enabled the launch of Africa's first pharmacy dispensing unit (PDU) in the Johannesburg suburb of Alexandra on Thursday this week — a self-service ATM-style unit that gives patients with chronic illnesses their repeat medication, reportedly in under three minutes